The Baltimore/Washington DB2 Users? Group meets quarterly in Columbia, Maryland, midway between Washington, DC and Baltimore, Maryland. The RUG was founded as a gathering point for computer professionals to discuss and share ideas on DB2 topics. Founded in 1988, the group is comprised of DB2 users on all platforms with a common desire to become more proficient in this comprehensive database management technology.

The International DB2 Users Group (IDUG) is pleased to bring you this issue of the IDUG e-Bulletin, a monthly electronic newsletter for members of the IDUG electronic community. The e-Bulletin is distributed in digest form via e-mail to IDUG members.

You can view the newsletter at the following link: IDUG e-Bulletin October 2008

Just a quick reminder that the IDUG Regional Forum events are starting next week so if you live in or near San Ramon, California, Camp Hill, Pennsylvania, or Kansas City, Missouri, here is your chance to get some great education inexpensively and in a short period of time.

The Forums are a 2 day event with 2 tracks (one for DB2 for z/OS and one for DB2 for LUW) delivered by some of the top speakers in the industry. IDUG is offering full two day registrations for $425 and single day registrati

Think you know a thing or two about XML? Or want to know a thing or two about XML? Well now is your chance to show off your skills. Especially if you are a student and want to pad your resume or if you are a consultant and want to show the world that your lead in XML implementation ability, then this is for you. If you fall into a different category than these two and are not in it for the fame, then there are riches too (OK it is great prizes and riches depends on your vantage point :-).

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The PeopleSoft Discussion Forum provides a vendor-neutral industry forum for professionals involved in implementing and supporting PeopleSoft applications in DB2 for z/OS. The group meets via an email discussion group and monthly teleconferences to share ideas, strategies and performance tips. You are welcome to join, whether or not you are a CA customer. You can join at: https://www.ca.com/us/register/subform.aspx?id=148848.

This document describes the recommended base software stack for the InfoSphere Balanced Warehouse E6000 for Linux.

Two weeks ago I was at IDUG in Warsaw (a great conference this year with a lot of great sessions). I ended up delivering 4 sessions over the course of the week. Add in many customer meetings, some time working on the show floor and it was a packed week. One of the best sessions I attended was by Steve Rees (I’ve mentioned his sessions before on my blog and they continue to be crowd pleasers). The session I most liked was his “DB2 Performance – just the FAQs” session. It was an hour of packed con

The International DB2 Users Group (IDUG) is pleased to bring you this issue of the IDUG e-Bulletin, a monthly electronic newsletter for members of the IDUG electronic community. The e-Bulletin is distributed in digest form via e-mail to IDUG members.

You can view the newsletter at the following link: IDUG e-Bulletin August 2008

APARs have been added to z/TPF maintenance on the Web.

APARs have been added to TPF maintenance on the Web.